Triumph Daytona 955i question

[piers917]

Had a bit of an embarrassing moment today when a friend and i were trying to jump start his Daytona 955.He first tried to bump start it but no joy,absolutely nothing in the battery.Anyway it being early this morning,and suffering from a fairly large hangover,i just connected the two ends on the car battery,not bothering to worry about putting the red cable on positive etc etc,thinking my mate would check before connecting the bike end...you can probably guess what happened next

The bike is now totally dead,but my main worry is that the ecu has been blown.I don't know what a new one would cost but it ain't gonna be cheap.Could it be just the battery that's knackered? Or will my worst fears be confirmed?

Any thoughts much appreciated

[desmo]

Depends if you realised before trying to start it (probably). However anything with electronic controls won't like it. You'll probably have the charging system buggered for sure, check the fuses but I think it's gonna be expensive! and a job for the dealer.

[stu 9-5]

Firstly, buy a new battery and see what happens, the bike needs one anyway if the old one has fully discharged as they never come back to full health.

If it starts - bonus! and count yourself lucky.

If it doesn't, join www.t595.net and ask as many technical questions as you can think of. With such a broad spectrum of owners somebody out there will have experienced a similar fault and should point you in the right direction.

Stu
995i CE owner.